"Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Wouldn't the original proposal that had a state machine handle this?
> IIRC the original idea was:

> new tuple -> known good -> possibly dead -> known dead

Only if you disallow the transition from possibly dead back to known
good, which strikes me as a rather large disadvantage.  Failed UPDATEs
aren't so uncommon that it's okay to have one permanently disable the
optimization.

                        regards, tom lane

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